To prepare the syrup:In a small pot, dissolve sugar in water and bring to boil then simmer for 6-8 minutes. Stir in lemon juice and set aside to cool.

To prepare the filling:Combine all ingredients for the filling in a blender and beat until well combined. Set aside.To prepare Baklavas:Grease a 40cm x 30cm oven tray, place 1 sheet of filo pastry, brush with butter and repeat the same with 5 more sheets.

Carefully spoon the filling all over the pastry.

Place 1 sheet of filo pastry to cover the filling, brush with butter and sprinkle with some pine seeds mixture.

Top with another sheet. Sprinkle with little pine seeds mixture and repeat the same with the remaining sheets.

Brush the surface with melted butter, then cut the pastry and filling as parallel lines to get diamond shaped pieces.

Bake in a 185°C preheated hot oven for about 25-30 minutes or until light golden color.Pour the cold syrup over the baklawa as soon as it comes out of the oven.

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The Lebanese Recipes Kitchen is a food blog offers a range of healthy & home-style Lebanese recipes from savory to sweets. Lebanese cuisine includes an abundance of starches, whole grain, fruits, vegetables, fresh fish and seafood; animal fats are consumed sparingly. Poultry is eaten more often than red meat. When red meat is eaten it is usually lamb on the coast, and goat meat in the mountain regions. It also includes copious amounts of garlic and olive oil, often seasoned by lemon juice.